First Abkhazian president Ardzinba dies
SUKHUM. March 4. KAZINFORM First Abkhazian President Vladislav Ardzinba died at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow overnight to Thursday, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
Severely ill Ardzinba was brought to the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow on February 26. The first Abkhazian president was 64 years old.
Vladislav Ardzinba was born on May 14, 1945 in the village of Eshera, Sukhum region. A specialist in history and culture of the peoples of ancient Asia Minor, doctor of historical sciences, professor, corresponding member of the Abkhazian Academy of Sciences, he engaged in big politics in the late eighties amid the upsurge of the national liberation movement in the republic.
Ardzinba is the author of more than 40 scientific works. He is awarded with the Abkhazian supreme state medal - the First Degree Order Akhdz-apsha, the medal of the Hero of Abkhazia and the South Ossetian supreme state Order of Honour, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.